Brent Conklin

Shares in Crestwood Medical Center parent company Community Health Systems rose by more than 5 percent on Monday. But the day’s big winner, in Alabama and across the broader marketplace, was U.S. Steel, where shares soared after the company agreed to be acquired by Japan’s Nippon Steel.

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